Specialized petal with conspicuously fringed margin influences reproductive success in Habenaria radiata (Orchidaceae)

Kenji Suetsugu; Yusuke Abe; Takeshi Asai; Shuji Matsumoto; Masahiro Hasegawa

doi:10.1002/ecy.3781

Specialized petal with conspicuously fringed margin influences reproductive success in Habenaria radiata (Orchidaceae)

Ecology. 2022 Sep;103(9):e3781. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3781. Epub 2022 Jul 26.

Authors

Kenji Suetsugu¹, Yusuke Abe¹, Takeshi Asai², Shuji Matsumoto², Masahiro Hasegawa³

Affiliations

¹ Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
² Himeji Tegarayama Botanical Garden, Himeji City, Japan.
³ Osaka Museum of Natural History, Osaka, Japan.

PMID: 35718748
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3781

No abstract available

Keywords: floral display; floral evolution; flower morphology; foraging efficiency; grip; hawkmoth; landing platform; lip (labellum); pollination success; visual attraction.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Flowers
Orchidaceae*
Pollination
Reproduction

Associated data

figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.19386548.v1